Geoffrey Jackson (cricketer)

Geoffrey Laird Jackson (10 January 1894 – 9 April 1917) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1912 to 1914, and for Oxford University in 1914.

His father commanded the Sherwood Foresters and was managing director of the Clay Cross Colliery Company.

Jackson was a right-hand batsman and played twelve innings in seven first-class matches with an average of 12.50 and a top score of 50.

He was invalided home, after the Second Battle of Ypres, suffering from gas poisoning and spent some months in England serving his Reserve Battalion.

He was mortally wounded by a piece of shell after advancing about 6000 yards, and died at Fampoux, Arras, France before reaching the dressing station.